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  • Vanderbilt University

    Spring 2023 VINSE Short Courses – Register Now!

    VINSE will offer the Atomic Force Microscopy, Electron Microscopy, and Microfluidic Device Fabrication short courses in the spring 2022 semester. Courses will be capped at 16, so don’t wait too long to register.  Details and pricing can be found below! Electron Microscopy Short Course June 12-13 Electron microscopy… Read More

    Jan. 5, 2023

  • Vanderbilt University

    New VINSE Faculty: Mona Ebrish

    We are excited to welcome Dr. Mona Ebrish as our newest VINSE faculty member! Ebrish, who is joining Vanderbilt’s Electrical & Computer Engineering Department this spring, received her Bachelors from University of Tripoli in Electrical Engineering. In 2009, she received the Fulbright Fellowship and attended University of Minnesota for her… Read More

    Jan. 5, 2023

  • Analytical Lab Open House

    Analytical Lab Open House

    Interested in learning more about the VINSE Analytical Lab and how our tools could impact your research? Bring your samples to the VINSE Analytical Open House on February 1, 2023 from 1:00-4:00 and use any tool… at no cost! This event is open to everyone, both current and potential new users. Read More

    Jan. 5, 2023

  • Vanderbilt University

    Immersion and Outreach with VINSE

    Immersion Vanderbilt is one of the more unique aspects of attending the university, aiming to help students seek out work that they are passionate about. VINSE is a leader in Immersion Vanderbilt, and has developed numerous hands-on activities to train the next generation of scientists and engineers. The… Read More

    Jan. 5, 2023

  • Vanderbilt University

    “Tunable, ferroelectricity-inducing, spin-spiral magnetic ordering in monolayer FeOCl” published in Nano Letters selected as VINSE Spotlight Publication

    About the author: Deliang Bao is currently a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Physics and Astronomy under the direction of Dr. Sokrates T. Pantelides.  In recently published work, by employing density-functional-theory calculations, he demonstrated a non-collinear magnetism, namely spin spiral, in the monolayer FeOCl, which features tunability… Read More

    Jan. 5, 2023

  • VINSE 2023 Calendar

    VINSE 2023 Calendar

    Download your VINSE 2023 Calendar, featuring the some of the winners in the VINSE image competition. The VINSE team looks forward to supporting your impactful research discoveries in the year ahead!  … Read More

    Jan. 3, 2023

  • Vanderbilt University

    VINSE graduate students Alyssa Nelson and Jeremy Espano teach a course in nanoscience/nanotechnology as part of Vanderbilt’s SAVY program

    VINSE graduate students Jeremy Espano and Alyssa Nelson taught a class in nanoscience and nanotechnology to a group of 8th and 9th graders as part of the Saturday Academy at Vanderbilt for the Young (SAVY) program. Students started the morning learning about nanomaterials, quantum confinement and how it effects materials at… Read More

    Dec. 20, 2022

  • Vanderbilt University

    VINSE Director’s Coffee Hour

    Join VINSE Director, Sharon Weiss to discuss new initiatives, pilot funding, tech crew, and other ways VINSE can help support your research. Friday, February 3, 2023 2PM  |  226 ESB VINSE Conference Room… Read More

    Dec. 14, 2022

  • Vanderbilt University

    “Nanoporous Atomically Thin Graphene Filters for Nanoscale Aerosols” published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces selected as VINSE Spotlight Publication

    About the author: Dr. Peifu Cheng is a research engineer in Dr. Piran R. Kidambi’s group in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Department. He researches 2D nanomaterials (such as graphene and others) for membrane applications in ionic/molecular separation, desalination, air filtration, dialysis, among others. In the recently published work,… Read More

    Dec. 13, 2022

  • Vanderbilt University

    Michael R. King named National Academy of Inventors Fellow

    Vanderbilt University engineering professor and VINSE faculty member Michael R. King has been elected a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. The NAI Fellows Program recognizes academic inventors who have created or facilitated outstanding inventions that make a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development, and the welfare… Read More

    Dec. 8, 2022